Or. Admin. R. 340-230-0390 - Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Recordkeeping
(1)
The owner or operator must keep records of the following:
(a) Operator training and
certification ;
(b) Stack
tests;
(c) Continuously monitored
pollutants and parameters;
(d)
Carbon feed rate.
(2)
Records retention. The owner or operator must retain the required records as
follows:
(a) All records must be onsite in
paper copy or electronic format unless the Department approves another
format;
(b) Retain all records on
each municipal waste combustion unit for at least 5 years;
(c) Make all records available for submittal
to the Department , or for onsite review by an inspector.
(3) Operator training/certification records.
The owner or operator must retain the following records:
(a) Records of provisional certifications.
Include three items:
(A) For the municipal
waste combustion plant, names of the chief facility operator, shift
supervisors, and control room operators who are provisionally certified by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers or an equivalent State-approved
certification program.
(B) Dates of
the initial provisional certifications.
(C) Documentation showing current provisional
certifications.
(b)
Records of full certifications. Include three items:
(A) For the municipal waste combustion plant,
names of the chief facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room
operators who are fully certified by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers or an equivalent State-approved certification program.
(B) Dates of initial and renewal full
certifications.
(C) Documentation
showing current full certifications.
(c) Records showing completion of the
operator training course. Include three items:
(A) For the municipal waste combustion plant,
names of the chief facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room
operators who have completed the EPA or State municipal waste combustion
operator training course.
(B) Dates
of completion of the operator training course.
(C) Documentation showing completion of
operator training course.
(d) Records of reviews for plant-specific
operating manuals. Include three items:
(A)
Names of persons who have reviewed the operating manual.
(B) Date of the initial review.
(C) Dates of subsequent annual
reviews.
(e) Records of
when a certified operator is temporarily offsite. Include two main items:
(A) If the certified chief facility operator
and certified shift supervisor are offsite for more than 12 hours, but for 2
weeks or less, and no other certified operator is onsite, record the dates that
the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor were
offsite.
(B) When all certified
chief facility operators and certified shift supervisors are offsite for more
than 2 weeks and no other certified operator is onsite, keep records of four
items:
(i) The notice that all certified
persons are offsite.
(ii) The
conditions that cause those people to be offsite.
(iii) The corrective actions being taken to
ensure a certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor is
onsite.
(iv) Copies of the written
reports submitted every 4 weeks that summarize the actions taken to ensure that
a certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor was
onsite.
(v) Records of calendar
dates. Include the calendar date on each record.
(4) Stack test records.
The owner or operator must keep stack test records as follows:
(a) The results of the stack tests for eight
pollutants or parameters recorded in the appropriate units of measure specified
in OAR 340-230-0380(1) and (2): Dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury,
opacity, particulate matter, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash.
(b) Test reports, including supporting
calculations that document the results of all stack tests.
(c) The maximum demonstrated load of the
municipal waste combustion units and maximum temperature at the inlet of the
particulate matter control device during all stack tests for dioxins/furans
emissions.
(d) The calendar date of
each record.
(5)
Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Records Keep records of eight items:
(a) Records of monitoring data. The owner or
operator must document six parameters measured using continuous monitoring
systems as follows:
(A) All 6-minute average
levels of opacity.
(B) All 1-hour
average concentrations of sulfur dioxide emissions.
(C) For Class I municipal waste combustion
units only, all 1-hour average concentrations of nitrogen oxides
emissions.
(D) All 1-hour average
concentrations of carbon monoxide emissions.
(E) All 1-hour average load levels of the
municipal waste combustion unit.
(F) All 1-hour average flue gas temperatures
at the inlet of the particulate matter control device.
(b) Records of average concentrations and
percent reductions. The owner or operator must document five parameters:
(A) All 24-hour daily block geometric average
concentrations of sulfur dioxide emissions or average percent reductions of
sulfur dioxide emissions.
(B) For
Class I municipal waste combustion units only, all 24-hour daily arithmetic
average concentrations of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(C) All 4-hour block or 24-hour daily block
arithmetic average concentrations of carbon monoxide emissions.
(D) All 4-hour block arithmetic average load
levels of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(E) All 4-hour block arithmetic average flue
gas temperatures at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device.
(c) Records of
exceedances. The owner or operator must document three items as follows:
(A) Calendar dates whenever any of the five
pollutant or parameter levels recorded in subsection (b) of this section or the
opacity level recorded in (a)(1) of this section did not meet the emission
limits or operating levels specified in this rule.
(B) Reasons the applicable emission limits or
operating levels were exceeded.
(C)
Corrective actions undertaken, or are taking, to meet the emission limits or
operating levels.
(d)
Records of minimum data. The owner or operator must document three items as
follows:
(A) Calendar dates for which the
owner or operator did not collect the minimum amount of data required under OAR
340-230-0383(7) and 340-230-0387(5). Record those dates for five types of
pollutants and parameters:
(i) Sulfur dioxide
emissions.
(ii) For Class I
municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen oxides emissions.
(iii) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(iv) Load levels of the municipal waste
combustion unit.
(v) Temperatures
of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device.
(B) Reasons the
minimum data was not collected.
(C)
Corrective actions the owner or operator took or is taking to obtain the
required amount of data.
(e) Records of exclusions. The owner or
operator must document each time there is excluded data from the calculation of
averages for any of the following five pollutants or parameters and the reasons
the data were excluded:
(A) Sulfur dioxide
emissions.
(B) For Class I
municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen oxides emissions.
(C) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(D) Load levels of the municipal waste
combustion unit.
(E) Temperatures
of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device.
(f) Records of
drift and accuracy. The owner or operator must document the results of the
daily drift tests and quarterly accuracy determinations according to Procedure
1 of appendix F of 40 CFR Part 60. Keep those records for the sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen oxides (Class I municipal waste combustion units only), and carbon
monoxide continuous emissions monitoring systems.
(g) Records of the relationship between
oxygen and carbon dioxide. If the owner or operator chooses to monitor carbon
dioxide instead of oxygen as a diluent gas, document the relationship between
oxygen and carbon dioxide, as specified in OAR 340-230-0383(6).
(h) Records of calendar dates. The owner or
operator must include the calendar date on each record.
(6) Activated carbon records
For municipal waste combustion units that use activated carbon
to control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, the
(a) Records of average carbon feed rate as
follows.
(A) Average carbon feed rate in
kilograms (or pounds) per hour during all stack tests for dioxins/furans and
mercury emissions. Include supporting calculations in the records.
(B) For the operating parameter chosen to
monitor carbon feed rate, average operating level during all stack tests for
dioxins/furans and mercury emissions. Include supporting data that document the
relationship between the operating parameter and the carbon feed
rate.
(C) All 8-hour block average
carbon feed rates in kilograms (or pounds) per hour calculated from the
monitored operating parameter.
(D)
Total carbon purchased and delivered to the municipal waste combustion plant
for each calendar quarter. If the owner or operator chooses to evaluate total
carbon purchased and delivered on a municipal waste combustion unit basis,
record the total carbon purchased and delivered for each individual municipal
waste combustion unit at the plant. Include supporting documentation.
(E) Required quarterly usage of carbon for
the municipal waste combustion plant, calculated using equation 4 or 5 in OAR
340-230-0377(4)(a) and (b). If the owner or operator chooses to evaluate
required quarterly usage for carbon on a municipal waste combustion unit basis,
record the required quarterly usage for each municipal waste combustion unit at
the plant. Include supporting calculations.
(b) Records of low carbon feed rates as
follows:
(A) The calendar dates when the
average carbon feed rate over an 8- hour block was less than the average carbon
feed rates determined during the most recent stack test for dioxins/furans or
mercury emissions (whichever has a higher feed rate).
(B) Reasons for the low carbon feed
rates.
(C) Corrective actions
undertaken or are taking to meet the 8-hour average carbon feed rate
requirement.
(c) Records
of minimum carbon feed rate data as follows:
(A) Calendar dates for which the owner or
operator did not collect the minimum amount of carbon feed rate data required
under OAR 340-230-0387(5).
(B)
Reasons the owner or operator did not collect the minimum data.
(C) Corrective actions the owner or operator
took or are taking to get the required amount of data.
(d) Records of exclusions. Document each time
data from the calculation of average carbon feed rates was excluded and the
reasons the data were excluded.
(e)
Records of calendar dates. Include the calendar date on each record.
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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468A.025
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